Wire fence



A. 5.3mm.

Ptnted June Z, 1896.

(No Model.)

WIRE FENCE.

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i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

ALBERT J. BATES, OF JOLIET,'ILLINOIS.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561,194, dated J une 2,1896.

Application dled May25, 1895. Renewed March 28, 1896. Serial No.585,292. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, ALBERT J. BATES, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Joliet,in the county of lVill and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in W`ireFences, of which the following is a specification, reference beingnection of the bends of two adjacent strand- Wires; and Fig. 3 is an endview of Fig. 2,

looking in the direction of the arrow, and also showing the Abend of athird strand-wire in position ready to be coiled. c

This invention relates to certain improvements in wire fences, whichimprovements are fully set forth and explained in the specification andclaim following.

Referring to the drawings, B represents a series of longitudinalstrand-wires of the fence, and A and H represent the two borderstrand-wires forming a finish for the top and bottom, respectively, ofthe fence, and to which the upper and lower strand-wires of the fenceare respectively attached. Each strand-wire B is formed so as to haveproj ecting rectangular bends D, arranged at regular distances apart andso that the bends in the strand-wires are opposite each other.

In the manufacture of the fence the bends D of a strand-wire B arepassed through the depending bends of the adjacent strand-wire,

and then drawn until the two bends are i11- terlocked at their angles,and then coiled at least once around the said adjacent bend, as shownmore particularly in Figs. 2 and 3, and left in a depending position forattaching to the next strand-wire below, and so on in succession untilenough strands are united in such manner as to make a fence the desiredheight. By this construction no wire other than the strands is used toform vertical stays or to form the meshes.

The border strand-wires A and H are each 5o provided throughout theirlength with slight crimps or bends A for the purpose of giving them someelasticity, and the strands B are connected with said border-strandsbymeans of ceiling the extremity of their bends thereon, as shown at Ein Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, is as follows:

A fence consisting of the combination of the border-wires, and a seriesof horizontal wires each having lateral bends substantially rectangularin shape disposed at regular intervals throughout their length, thebends of the several wires being arranged opposite each other andsuccessively interlocked and coiled one upon the other from one side ofthe fabric in such manner that the vertical portions of said bends formstays between the wires, and form meshes having their corners locked bysaid coils substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ALBERT J; BATES.

Vitnesses:

THos. H. HUrcHINs, RAY HUTcniNs.

